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HARVARD ORIENTAL SERIES
EDITED WITH THE COÖPERATION OF VARIOUS SCHOLARS
BY
CHARLES ROCKWELL LANMAN
WALES PROFESSOR OF SANSKRIT IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Volume Nine
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Published by Harvard University
1905
THE LITTLE CLAY CART
[MṚCCHAKAṬIKA]
A Hindu Drama
ATTRIBUTED TO KING SHŪDRAKA
TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SANSKRIT AND PRĀKRITS INTO ENGLISH PROSE AND VERSE
BY
ARTHUR WILLIAM RYDER, Ph.D.
INSTRUCTOR IN SANSKRIT IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Published by Harvard University
1905
TO MY FATHER
WILLIAM HENRY RYDER
CONTENTS
NOTE BY THE EDITOR
PREFACE
FOOTNOTES:
INTRODUCTION
I. THE AUTHOR AND THE PLAY
II. THE TRANSLATION
III. AN OUTLINE OF THE PLOT
FOOTNOTES:
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
SCENE
THE LITTLE CLAY CART
PROLOGUE
Benediction upon the audience
END OF THE PROLOGUE
ACT THE FIRST
THE GEMS ARE LEFT BEHIND
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE SECOND
THE SHAMPOOER[39] WHO GAMBLED
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE THIRD
THE HOLE IN THE WALL
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE FOURTH
MADANIKA AND SHARVILAKA
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE FIFTH
THE STORM
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE SIXTH
THE SWAPPING OF THE BULLOCK-CARTS
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE SEVENTH
ARYAKA'S ESCAPE
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE EIGHTH
THE STRANGLING OF VASANTASENA
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE NINTH
THE TRIAL
FOOTNOTES:
ACT THE TENTH
THE END
FOOTNOTES:
EPILOGUE
A LIST OF PASSAGES
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